Chapter 39：Lovers- Part 1

Eve's POV:

I was standing out in the balcony thinking about what I had seen down in the dungeon. Remembering Megan's state sent a cold shiver through my body. I was shocked and scared at the sight. Who could do such a thing? It looked like she died yesterday. Even though she was mean, no one deserved that kind of death.

Ruka and the others had not returned yet. I felt a little restless. My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Miss Eve, lunch is ready," it was Grenda holding a tray of food.

"You brought the food up?" I asked her looking at it. I do not remember telling that I would have my food in the room.

"Oh this is for the guests," she replied me with a smile.

"Guests?" I asked her. I did not hear anything about it.

"Yes dear," she replied, "They came yesterday and are in one of the east wing room." I nodded my head and went down.

Lizzy arrived in the hall while I was heading to the kitchen. She was holding a cardboard box, which looked dusty.

"Hey, Eve," she said cheerfully when she spotted me.

"What's that?" I asked curiously.

"Just some old books Ruka had asked me to pick up," she replied, "God I'm hungry. I'll keep this and join you for lunch in a minute," she said zooming out.

When I sat at the table and the food was served, Lizzy came in taking a seat opposite me. I could not eat as I put the food in my mouth but slowly swallowed it.

"You look worried." Lizzy looked at me while she drank water, "Is something wrong?" she asked me concerned.

"No," I replied shaking my head.

"You have something to ask me," she stated, dabbing a napkin on her lips, "What is it, Eve?" Did she know about Megan? It looked like she did not know about it considering her happy mood.

"Today while walking around the castle I found a dungeon behind and went inside," I told her and saw her eyes widen a little, "I found Megan."

"You were not supposed to see it," she whispered.

"Did you guys...do that to her?" I asked her carefully and she shook her head no.

"It wasn't us. I know it looks like one of us killed her but we did not. Megan was jinxed," she replied looking into space, "A jinx is something that makes a supernatural go into blood lust mode, which will kill anyone he or she sees. Fortunately or unfortunately the time when Megan came here we had someone visiting the castle and out of defense she was killed," Lizzy let out a sigh, "Megan's body is under examination and we need to know the source that caused it."

It was so weird that Megan had to go through that, somewhere in my heart I felt sad for her. Lizzy told we had visitors, were they the guests Grenda was talking about. Guess so.

"Does her father know about it?" I asked her.

"Yes, Ruka informed him about it. He told he'll be flying down here by tomorrow night," she said, "Are you alright?"

"Why what's wrong?" Ruka interrupted entering the room with Sebastian. He planted a kiss on my cheek.

"She found Megan," Lizzy replied and Ruka narrowed his eyes on me listening to this.

"Wandering," Sebastian added, with a chuckle making me embarrassed.

"Well it's inside the castle," I retorted back at him.

"You were not supposed to see such a thing, love," Ruka said softly tipping my chin up do that my eyes met his, "It can be traumatic sometimes. I'm sorry. I believe Lizzy explained about what happened." I nodded my head.

"Okay then," he said taking my hand with his, "Let's go to the east wing."

As we walked, I saw two people standing and talking as we walked ahead. One was a girl with shoulder length hair and pale skin, the other was a person who was as tall as Ruka.

"Did you guys have lunch?" Ruka asked them.

"Yes," the person answered, "Did you find what caused the jinx?" he asked

"Not yet," Ruka replied, "Usually it's triggered due to overwhelming emotions but it might also be a witch's doing. If it's a witch's then we need to find out who did it."

"I see," the person replied.

"Is this your soul mate?" the girl spoke softly.

"Yes," Ruka answered giving my hand a small squeeze, "Eve, this is Amelia and Ray," he introduced us.

"It's nice to meet you," I greeted them politely.

"She's pretty," Amelia, said making me blush.

"Annesana is examining the body now as we speak. She'll find out what it is," Ruka informed them and I noticed how Amelia looked sad suddenly.

"It's not your fault Mia," Ray consoled her; "You were only defending both of us." At a closer look, I realized that Amelia looked human, how could she defend herself against a bloodthirsty vampire.

"I think it's better to get some rest. We'll leave you guys alone," Ruka said.

"Yeah, rest should do," Ray, replied taking Amelia with him.

When we got back to our room Ruka went to take a shower. He came out with no shirtless giving me a perfect view of his glistening body and his tattoo which looked like an ancient symbol. He wore his sweats. My eyes traveled up his neck then face. I never knew wet hair could look that sexy on a guy until I met him. When my eyes met his, I averted my eyes, a blush creeping up my cheek. I was caught eye raping him.

"Go take shower. You can check me out later all day," Ruka said with a wink.

"A-ah yeah," I told taking my clothes quickly and darted inside the bathroom.